The societal factor of political modernization

In: Ukrainian society, Band 26, Heft 3, S. 110-123

Abstract

The authors analyze the role of the societal (generally systematic) factor of democratization and modernization of the political system of a society, as well as the relation of these processes to the nature of the societal identity and the socio-cultural development of countries. By the examples of the socio-historical development of the USA and Spain, the universal character of threats concer-ning with the nature of the societal factor in various aspects is proved, and their actuality for Ukraine's political modernization is considered. A forecast of the development of societal properties of Ukraine's socium which are an important precondition of the steady development of the country is given.